you know, there are all tse silly regs that have been paed, u kn,n tls thoused to vote for or vote against, joe. and i think that he has to run against the federal government at this point rather than against the economy. >> willie? >> john? sorry. thout joe was gngoay th i ree with that. i mean, he does have to focus on how massive the federal government's gotten, but he also has to explain how that is going to turn things around for t american people. t ard of an argument to make when you say there's $3 trillion sitting on the sidelines. investors are afraid to put that backn the u.s. economy. corporations are more flush with cash than ever before, but they don't know what new regulation orha nwagton's going to pass. now, you could disagree with that if you wanted to, but that's an argument that americans could believe if mitt romney could only give it. >> look, i think that what romney must do is has to talk about the future. you know,ic lry j eh talked about, written a piece in politico called "the end of the referendum period." so his argument is people have -- whether they blame the